Tuesday, March 11, 2025

The council declared its intent to establish an underground utility district with a $5.67M budget allocation to Southern California Edison, approved 5-0 with no discussion, and ratified a contract amendment with MIG Inc. for $462,208 for the General Plan 2045 update — one of five line items paid to MIG Inc. within this single agenda item, cumulatively totaling approximately $2.18M — also approved 5-0 with no discussion. The council authorized a $684,705 contract with Innovative Playgrounds Co., Inc. for Tucker Park playground work, funded through CDBG, CDBG-CV, and Measure A, approved 5-0 with no discussion; Innovative Playgrounds appears in three line items across two related agenda items with a combined line-item total of approximately $1.93M. Notices of completion released $244,441 to Beador Construction Company for the Artesia Boulevard Bridge and $88,971 to Horizons Construction Company International for fire station driveways, both approved 5-0 after Councilmember Darden raised questions about document corrections and unfinished scope items on the bridge project. A public hearing on safe-and-sane fireworks drew approximately twenty-two speakers — the mayor tallied eleven opposed and nine in favor — and closed 5-0 with no spending approved; a separate public hearing on reallocation of approximately $2.7M in unspent CDBG funds from 2018–2022 also closed 5-0, with the city manager stating those funds must be encumbered before a May 2 HUD compliance deadline to avoid loss of the city's annual federal allocation.